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Another method from the books. Like I said, zillion ways to do it. The above method figures you already have the tube topped off (important with a Remington since you only have as many total shots as you have fingers) and that the slide is already back to eject the unwanted round... so why push it forward and then have to cycle the whole action again? Economy of motion. Some find it easier to put a round in the ejection port than trying to push it into the mag tube during a stressful "guy in your house" scenario.
The method you've described works just as well. It's similar to the "thumb over the round in the mag tube, rack the slide to get an empty fork and chamber, load round into ejection port" method.
If you have a Mossberg 500 or 590 with a long mag tube, you can just leave the mag short one round at all times for a "next round in tube is whatever I want" opportunity.
All of these methods would work equally well with Mossberg, Remington, or Winchester pumps. Winchester pumps have the advantage of being fast as hell, too.
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